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THE OFF SEASON: burgers + sides

For most, the summer season is grilling season. However, in our household grilling season is 365 days long. Mike loves to BBQ and given the opportunity, he will reach for the grill over the stove top. And like any red blooded male, his grill food of choice is meat.

This past Sunday, Mike grilled up some burgers for dinner. Though the stars of the dinner were the delicious dry aged beef patties from Sanagan’s Meat Locker [in Kensington Market], I’m focusing this blog post on the sides; the supporting actors who were equally as tasty.But 1st, let’s take a moment for the burger and all its fixings

pre-heat oven to 300ºF
with a mandolin shave the beet into thin round slices
toss in olive oil
season with salt + pepper
spread beet shavings on a baking sheet
cook in over until crisp [ approx. 20mins ]

I am a big fan of the french fry and when eating a burger and given the choice, I will always choose it over salad. However, fries weren’t in the equation for this BBQ’d burger. Though I was forced to all vegetable sides, I was not disappointed; colourful + healthy + fresh alternatives to the deliciously deep-fried starch.